Imenger: We will use U-23 friendly to test new players

Lobi Stars Team Manager, Barnabas Imenger has revealed that the Makurdi side are not approaching their Saturday friendly match with the national U-23 team as a must win.

Imenger told SportingLife that the club will use the friendly tie as an avenue to test new players who are yet to fit in properly into the team’s formation and strategy.

“We are using the chance of not been involved in the league this weekend because of Enyimba’s continental game to play the U-23 in a friendly match. We want to use the game to open the refurbished Aper Aku Stadium, Makurdi.

“It won’t be a do-or-die and must win for us because it is only a friendly match that our coaches want to use to gauge the bonding of our new players to the team’s strategy,” Imenger told SportingLife.